I’ve only had to do two research papers during my high school career. Neither were totally awful as the many nightmare stories might suggest but one was definitely more enjoyable than the other.
My sophmore year, my English teacher assigned our class a research paper on teaching in America, its flaws/strengths, and how it can be fixed. She gave us all of the sources we were allowed to use and did a comprehensive overview. It was a good way to learn the basics of what we’d have to do but it was a tad boring. I like talking politics but since we were only allowed to use certain sources it was kind of like she was pushing her views on us. It would have been better if we were allowed to choose our own topic and sources. But I did like how comprehensive her tutorial was.
My junior year, we were assigned to do a research paper on a possible career path we see ourselves choosing. We were given a lot of freedom in what we could choose and the sources, but the subject matter itself didn’t lend itself to an extensive research project, though I did enjoy researching what a fashion magazine editor does. Enjoying the subject matter makes the research so much easy and the time devoted to it seems to be less wasted.
In both situations, I learned something and enjoyed a certain aspect.
Cassidy Lynn 